A BLACK SCREEN
As the MAIN TITLES begin, two sounds are heard. The first is
the low, moaning WIND. The second is a slow SCREECHING.
It's the kind of noise that makes you grit your teeth.
FADE IN:
EXT. ELM STREET - DAY
GRAY SURFACE FILLS THE SCREEN. At first it's hard to
recognize this rough, indistinct surface. But when a CHILD'S
HAND drags a piece of colored chalk ACROSS THE FRAME, we
realize that we're seeing a very close view of a CONCRETE
WALKWAY.
EXT. ELM STREET - DAY
A SERIES OF CLOSE SHOTS FOLLOW THE MOVEMENTS of the tiny hand
as it proceeds to lay out an intricate CHALK DRAWING on the
walkway.
For a while, we are too close to identify the image that is
being created. But as THE CAMERA PULLS BACK, we see a
youthful artist's representation of a two story HOUSE.
The CAMERA TILTS UP, revealing a LITTLE GIRL in white dress.
She's holding a handful of colored chalk. Behind her sits
the ELM STREET HOUSE.
As the TITLES END, we...
EXT. ELM STREET - DAY
The trees lining this residential street are bare, and they
sway in the breeze that's blowing their dead leaves across
the sidewalk.
KRISTEN, a beautiful, but pensive-looking blonde teenager, is
walking slowly towards the ominous house. Although her face
shows signs of fear, she is moving with resolve.
EXT. ELM STREET HOUSE - DAY
Kristen stops and looks down at the angelic little girl who
has been creating the childish drawing of Freddy's house.
Kneeling down beside her, Kristen takes a closer look at the
colorful chalk sketch.
It has an almost exaggerated cheerfulness. And although
awkwardly rendered, it makes the house look new, and the yard
well-tended. The idyllic sidewalk illustration looks nothing
like its subject, which has peeling paint, boarded-up
windows, and is horribly run-down.
LITTLE GIRL
(looking up)
Hello...
KRISTEN
Do you live here?
LITTLE GIRL
(sadly)
Nobody lives here.
KRISTEN
Where's Freddy?
LITTLE GIRL
(giggles strangely)
He's not home.
Just then, the child lifts her hand away from the picture.
What Kristen sees makes her gasp. A crudely drawn, but
easily recognizable image of FREDDY KRUEGER is visible behind
one of the windows.
There is a CRACK of LIGHTNING, and drops of rain start to
sprinkle down on to the girl and her drawing.
EXT. ELM STREET HOUSE - NIGHT
Kristen glances up at the sky. Rain trickles onto her face.
Then after a second, she looks back down at the sidewalk.
THE LITTLE GIRL IS GONE. Kristen scans the area, but the
child is nowhere to be seen.
Rain is splashing down on the chalk illustration. Not only is
the image washing away, but as the colors blend together,
they form a liquid that looks just like BLOOD.
Kristen hears a CREAKING NOISE coming from the direction of
the house. She turns and stares at the menacing structure.
The front door is SLOWLY OPENING. Somehow Kristen seems
unsurprised by this. And as though drawn by an
uncontrollable urge, she turns toward the house. With
thunder and lightning crashing above her, she walks
deliberately toward the open door.
INT. ENTRANCE HALLWAY - NIGHT
As soon as Kristen enters the house, she hears VOICES behind
her. It's CHILDREN SINGING a strange nursery rhyme.
CHILDREN'S VOICES (O.S.)
One two, Freddy's coming for you...
Kristen spins around and looks back through the open door.
EXT. FRONT YARD - NIGHT - KRISTEN'S POV
standing out in the yard that was empty a moment before are a
dozen very young CHILDREN. Dressed in their Sunday best,
they are staring at Kristen as they continue to sing:
CHILDREN
Three four, better lock the door...
INT. ENTRANCE HALLWAY - NIGHT
The front door SLAMS SHUT with a bang. Kristen's determined
expression dissolves, and she reaches back for the doorknob.
It turns without resistance and the door opens with ease.
Kristen rushes through the doorway, but instead of finding
herself outside, she is in...
INT. A DUPLICATE ENTRANCE HALLWAY - NIGHT
Kristen's eyes widen as she compares her surroundings with
the dusty, decaying room that is visible on the other side of
the still-open door. They are exactly the same.
Before she can take another step, the door slams shut again.
And this time when she tries to open it, it's locked solid.
KRISTEN
(muttering)
Calm and cool, I'm calm and cool...
She moves down the hall, finds an open door, steps through
INT. DARK ELM STREET LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Kristen walks in, the old floorboards creaking under her
feet. She looks at the walls. They are lined with eerie
paintings of children playing in graveyards. Rainwater drips
down from the ceiling.
When FLASHES OF LIGHTNING illuminate the room, Kristen
catches sights of an old and dusty couch in one corner. A
couch with a distinctive RED AND GREEN STRIPED LINING.
Another bolt FLASHES. Kristen is horrified to see,
silhouetted on one of the walls, the shadow of a hand with
long, knife-like fingers.
So frightened that she can barely breathe, Kristen turns to
the LARGE WINDOW across the room.
ANOTHER FLASH lights up the dark room, and Kristen relaxes.
It isn't Freddy outside the window. It's only a tree branch.
Relieved, Kristen starts over toward the window. But before
she reaches it, there is a sudden, massive CLAP OF THUNDER,
and the entire window EXPLODES into the room.
A huge gust of WIND roars in through the shattered window,
and blows Kristen off her feet.
INT. FREDDY'S BOILER ROOM - NIGHT
Kristen tumbles down a set of heavy metal chute that has just
appeared out of nowhere, and lands on the concrete floor of a
very large, dark Boiler Room. She scrambles to her feet and
looks around, terrified like a trapped animal.
KRISTEN
(under her breath)
He's not here, he's dead. He's not here,
he's dead. He's...
Just then, Kristen hears the unmistakable SOUND of Freddy's
knives scraping against a nearby metal surface.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
(crying out)
No!! Kincaide! Joey! Help me!!
INT. KINCAID'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kincaid is sitting at his desk, his head drooped down over an
open copy of an illustrated sports magazine. A harmless-
looking MONGREL is sleeping at his feet.
Suddenly, Kincaid's chair BEGINS TO SHAKE. He lifts his head
in surprise just as he suddenly flies from the chair and
sails through the air, straight towards a wall in his room.
But instead of piling into the solid surface, Kincaid sails
right through it and DISAPPEARS into the void.
INT. BOILER ROOM - NIGHT
Kincaid falls into the Boiler Room, crashing through a pile
of rusty pipes and boilers. As soon as he catches his
breath, he looks up and sees Kristen. He quickly jumps to
his feet and starts to yell at his friend.
KINCAID
Awww shit, Kristen, not again....
Kristen motions for Kincaid to LISTEN as the SCREECHING
continues.
Kincaid, unimpressed, shows Kristen that it's merely the
metal arature of a boiler attachment SCRAPING against a
railing.
KINCAID (cont'd)
You are one spooked chick...
Before Kincaid can say another word, Kristen holds up her
hand. FOOTSTEPS are echoing out of the shadows behind them.
KRISTEN
Shh...
They both spin around just as a FIGURE lurches toward them.
Kincaid gasps, and Kristen screams. But a moment later thy
each let out big sighs. It's JOEY. Kincaid covers his fear
with cool nonchalance.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
Joey, thank God!! I thought...
JOEY
Thought what? Of dragging us in here?
KINCAID
Yeah, cut it out. You're puttin' a dent
in my beauty sleep.
They both glare at Kristen. They're pissed.
KRISTEN
(in a halting voice)
It's Freddy... He's here. I heard him.
KINCAID
Chill out, Kristen...Freddy's dead,
buried, and consecrated. We won,
remember?
KRISTEN
(shaking her head)
He's back... to get us.
JOEY
Now way, Kincaid's right, Fred Krueger is
history, c'mere...
He leads her around the Boiler Room. He makes her touch
pipes, and then positions her in front of the large furnace.
JOEY (cont'd)
Look... The pipes are cold, the boiler is
cold... see for yourself.
He swings open the iron door on the furnace. Kristen moves
close to look in the black void. There isn't even the glow
of an ember inside. She turns away.
KRISTEN
I don't know...
ALL AT ONCE, a howling BEAST leaps out of the furnace. It's
Kincaid's dog. Kristen has managed to pull it into her dream
with its master.
The terrified animal clamps its jaws around Kristen's arm,
and knocks the screaming girl down to the floor.
INT. JOEY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Joey wakes up with a start, and tries to re-orient himself.
His sudden movements cause his waterbed to slosh back and
forth like crazy.
INT. KINCAID'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kincaid jerks his head up off his desk, and glances around
his room with an expression of relief. Then he hears a
WHIMPERING sound and looks down.
His dog is staring up at him with uncomprehending eyes.
There is BLOOD around the animal's mouth.
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kristen throws her covers off and jumps up out of bed. She's
breathing hard and her arm is BLEEDING. Grabbing a T-shirt
off a chair, Kristen wraps it around the wound.
She sits back down on her bed. She looks really scared.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DAY
The morning sun is rising behind the broad-limbed trees that
shade a collection of unassuming homes. It's a peaceful
neighborhood. Just the kind that Freddy used to like.
A girl pulls up in front of one house. She's driving a VW
Rabbit Convertible.
It's Kristen. She wears a long sleeve shirt, but a bulge
reveals where her arm is bandaged.
EXT. ALICE AND RICK'S HOUSE - DAY
Kristen quickly walks to the side door of a modest house.
After ringing the bell, she glances out at the sidewalk. When
Kristen turns back, a STERN-LOOKING MAN is standing in the
open doorway. Although probably not much over forty, DENNIS
JOHNSON'S face shows a lot of wear; too much scotch, too much
work. He's dressed for work and is preparing to leave, but
his hangover is self-evident.
KRISTEN
How are you, Mr. Johnson?
Johnson ignores her.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
That's nice.
Johnson turns away. His daughter ALICE shows up at the door,
slinking warily by her father. In a definite contrast to
Kristen's easy beauty, Alice is not especially well put
together. And yet there's something about this shy-looking
girl that suggests that she might be incredibly attractive if
she had any confidence.
ALICE
(low)
Hi, Kristen...Rick'll be out any second.
Kristen looks in the doorway at Johnson who is holding a
tomato-juice and spices hangover delight. Kristen makes a
face. Alice turns as Johnson looks up.
JOHNSON
(to Alice)
You going out dressed like that?
ALICE
(defensive)
What's wrong with me this time?
KRISTEN
(embarrassed)
Uhh, I'll just wait outside.
JOHNSON
No, it's okay. Maybe you can help her.
Johnson pours a shot of Vodka into his morning concoction and
SLAMS the door shut, leaving the two girls alone on the front
porch. Kristen is about to console Alice when they HEAR a
RUSTLING sound above them. RICK, Alice's brother, is
shimmying out of an upper floor window.
He reaches for a nearby tree, and with surprising grace he
maneuvers to the ground and lands smiling in front of the
girls. He gives Kristen a quick kiss.
KRISTEN
Something wrong with the stairs?
RICK
Avoid-all-contact-day.
KRISTEN
What?
RICK
When dad's popping aspiring like popcorn,
it's avoid-all-contact-day.
Johnson suddenly reopens the door and reaches for the morning
newspaper. He stares at the kids.
JOHNSON
Waiting for a limo?
Rick grabs his father's face and gives him a big, noisy kiss
on the cheek.
RICK
(mock Ricky Ricardo)
Okay, honey. I'm off to the club!
The girls chuckle as Johnson becomes embarrassed and SLAMS
the door on the kids.
EXT. SPRINGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - DAY
Springwood High doesn't look particularly inviting, but how
many high schools do? STUDENTS are arriving on foot, on
bikes, and in a variety of motor vehicles.
Kristen, Rick and Alice pull up in Kristen's VW Rabbit
Convertible and park. They step onto the sidewalk and cross
along beside the STUDENT PARKING LOT. They stop beside an
ATTRACTIVE GIRL who is leaning against a car, listening to
the blasting radio inside.
The girl, DEBBIE STEVENS, is one well put together item. A
tough but smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks,
trying to compensate for her roots with defensive spunk,
sexy, and she knows it.
DEBBIE
Alright, anybody have trig this semester?
Alice, Rick and Kristen shake their heads 'no'.
RICK
What happened?
DEBBIE
I had a conflict. Homework or Dynasty.
Dynasty won.
RICK
A sad story. Those soaps'll kill ya.
Alice's attention drifts to a tough PICK-UP that is pulling
up not far from them. A handsome, dark-haired TEENAGER, DAN,
climbs out of the car.
Debbie eyes him too.
DEBBIE
(appreciative)
There's Dan Jordan. Mmmmm, we're talkin'
major league fox.
EXT. SCHOOL -DAY (DAYDREAM)
Begin DAYDREAM.
JUMP CUT to Dan standing directly in front of Alice. She's
in a more confident, seductive pose. She looks him up and
down and flashes a Lauren Bacall smile.
ALICE
Mmmmmm, you know, you are one major
league fox.
She puts a hand on Dan's waist. He grows nervous and
awkward, as if he's the shy one now.
DAN
(stammers)
T-T-Thanks Alice...
EXT. SCHOOL - DAY (BACK TO REALITY)
RICK (O.S.)
Earth to Alice...
Alice snaps out of it. Dan is suddenly back where he was,
walking away with a group of his friends.
RICK (cont'd)
You spacing again?
ALICE
(hush-hush)
Rick, please.
DEBBIE
Alright, I think I see salvation...
A battered and sputtering VESPA SCOOTER is zipping towards
them through the parking lot. The BLACK GIRL riding the
scooter looks a bit nerdy, with thick glasses and short hair,
but makes up for it with a hip sense of style. Her scooter
has been souped up with a few home-made gadgets and
attachments.
As soon as SHEILA KOPECKY reaches them, she hops off her
bike, and unstraps the pile of books and papers from the
back. Tons of SMOKE pour out the back of it.
DEBBIE (cont'd)
(bats smoke away)
How can you ride that health hazard?
It's no wonder you have asthma.
SHEILA
Asthma is an inherited condition. If you
read a book now and then, you might know
something.
DEBBIE
Speaking of books, isn't trig your
favorite?
Sheila stares at Debbie a beat.
SHEILA
Dynasty again, huh? Girl, get a VCR.
Sheila pulls out her asthma inhaler and sticks it in her
mouth. She takes a few puffs. A cocky, obnoxious BLACK JOCK
walks by and comments to Sheila.
JOCK
Yo, baby, you're sucking on the wrong
nozzle.
Sheila is embarrassed and falls short of managing a retort,
Debbie steps in between Sheila and the jock and does it for
her.
DEBBIE
Hey, needledick. I bet you're the only
male in this school suffering from penis
envy.
The jock stares in confusion, not quite understanding the
insult. Our group cracks up and pats Debbie on the shoulders
as the jock walks off.
SHEILA
Alright, I owe you one.
Debbie suddenly stops laughing and lets out a disgusted GASP.
A huge ROACH is crawling around her books. She shakes the
book until the bug falls off, then grinds it under her foot,
a little too enthusiastically.
RICK
Supergirl, I think it's dead.
The group gets their stuff together and heads for class.
INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - DAY
STUDENTS are moving through the hallway that cuts through the
center of Springwood High.
Kristen is standing against one wall, spinning the dial on
her locker. Rick can be seen a dozen lockers down from her.
Kristen gets the locker open, grabs a couple of her books,
then slams it shut. But as the locker door swings away, it
SUDDENLY REVEALS the faces of Kincaid and Joey just inches
from Kristen. They startle the hell out of her.
KRISTEN
Hi...guys.
KINCAID
Hi guys?!? Hi guys?!?! That's all you
got to say after last night?
Kristen studies her two angry friends for a moment, then
speaks up in a firm voice.
KRISTEN
I'm telling you, he's coming back!
He tries to move around, but bumps his head on something low.
KINCAID
Yo open this sucker up!!
He pounds on the metal above. It moves just enough to reveal
a thin crack of blue light. He continues to mutter to
himself in confusion.
He pounds a few more times, starting to panic, when the metal
above his head finally pops open.
EXT. JUNKYARD - NIGHT
Kincaid sticks his head out of the trunk of a wrecked car and
looks around. He's in an ominous auto graveyard.
KINCAID
This ain't my dreamland. KRISTEN. IF
YOU HERE I'M GONNA POUND YOUR ASS!!
Kincaid looks around. No one's to be seen.
KINCAID (cont'd)
(calling)
Kristen!! Hey, Kristen!!
(beat, then sheepishly)
Kristen?
He collects himself and puts on a badass walking gait. When
he hears a low GROWLING, Kincaid looks down. A few feet away
from him is his dog. It has an odd expression on its face.
KINCAID (cont'd)
Jason?
(relaxes, becomes sympathetic)
Listen little sister, we know you got
this talent for bringing folks into your
dreams, but we don't need it anymore.
Time to live like regular people.
JOEY
Let it rest. 'Sides, who knows, you might
stir him back up if you keep going in.
Kincaid and I'll help, we're still a
team, and we ALL have better things to
dream about.
KINCAID
You got that right, signed and sealed.
Kristen wants to believe, but she can't, because:
KRISTEN
Then what about this?
Kristen pulls up her sleeve, and reveals the blood-stained
bandage on her forearm.
KINCAID
That don't mean dick. My dog's like me.
Drag him into a crazy dream and he gets
wild.
The guys see Rick approaching.
KINCAID (cont'd)
(jokingly, trying to change the
subject)
Here comes your boyfriend. Can't he give
you a good night's sleep?
Rick arrives in time to hear Kincaid's comment.
RICK
We don't kiss and tell. How 'bout you
guys?
Kincaide starts to mount a comeback, but Joey pulls him away.
Kristen watches them disappear into the crowd.
RICK (cont'd)
Those guys are kind of spooky.
KRISTEN
Then you must think I'm a total freak.
Rick ponders this.
RICK
I go back and forth.
Kristen is not amused.
RICK (cont'd)
Lighten up. No one died.
Rick strokes her cheek. Kristen forces a weak smile.
INT. KINCAID'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kincaid is getting into bed. His night time attire consists
of a T-shirt and a pair of sweat pants.
As the sleepy young man settles between the sheets, a FORCE
begins to slowly open the door behind him. It SQUEAKS as it
inches open. Kincaid is on alert. After a few moments of
suspense, Kincaid's mangy dog shoves the door the rest of the
way open, and trots into the room.
The mutt hops up onto the bed and circles a couple of times.
When it finally lies down, Kincaid shoves it over a bit.
KINCAID
Come on, Jason, move over.
The dog and his master adjust their positions, then Kincaid
reaches over and turns off the light.
CLOSE ON KINCAID
His eyes slowly shut. The room is still. But suddenly a
SCREECHING SOUND wakes him.
INT. CAR TRUNK - NIGHT
Kincaid opens his eyes. It's too dark for him to see much,
so he reaches for the light on his bedstand. But instead of
finding a lamp, his hand slams against a metal surface.
EXT. CAR BOX CANYON - NIGHT
The dog is furiously digging below the back of an imposing-
looking OLD CADILLAC. Some strange instinct seems to have
overpowered the animal.
The boy rushes forward and tries to stop his dog. But it's
no longer acting like a friendly pet, and it turns and snarls
at him viciously.
Kincaid stops and stares in disbelief as the dog lifts its
leg and PISSES FIRE onto the spot where it's been digging.
A FLAMING STREAM runs along the ground, and a moment later,
the earth RUMBLES and starts to CRACK OPEN along this line of
fire. Shafts of light erupt out of the crack.
Its job complete, the dog howls and runs off into the night.
Kincaid watches it disappear between the stacks of cars, then
steps forward and looks down into the SMOLDERING PIT.
EXT. FREDDY'S GRAVE - NIGHT
Down at the bottom of this freshly formed crevice, a pile of
BONES is forming itself into a HUMAN SKELETON. They click
together like a machine gun put together by an experienced
soldier.
And as if that isn't creepy enough, a body is quickly
REGENERATING.
FLESH appears on the bones. Cartilage knits the joints, and
muscle swells within the OOZING TISSUE that is forming all
over the body. It's the antithesis of decomposition.
When BURNED SKIN forms over the flesh, and clothes reverse
their rot and cover the skin, there is no longer any doubt
who's rebirth we are witnessing.
EXT. CAR BOX CANYON - NIGHT
Kincaid watches in horror as the sinister figure rises from
the grave. FREDDY'S BACK.
Freddy raises his right hand, and with a flick of his wrist,
extends the long shiny BLADES at the ends of the fingers
(like switch blades.).
FREDDY
You shouldn't've buried me...I'm not
dead.
Kincaid doesn't hesitate for another second. Before Freddy
even starts to move toward him, the terrified dreamer turns
and runs. He finds the opening where he entered, and madly
squeezes himself back through it.
EXT. LABYRINTH OF CARS - NIGHT
Kincaid starts to weave his way through the maze of piled-up
cars.
He turns a corner and pauses to catch his breath. He looks
around. There's no sign of Freddy. Breathing hard, he turns
around at the piles of cars around him. The expression on
his face tells us he's got an idea.
ON FREDDY
He round the corner and stops, there's no Kincaid. He looks
around, confused. He HEARS the SQUEAK of metal.
ON KINCAID
Who's on top of a pile of cars. He's straining with his
super dream-strength to push the top car off the pile. He
succeeds.
The car topples down onto Freddy, squashing him flat. A
victorious Kincaid jumps down onto the roof, then hood of the
car.
KINCAID
Take that, mutha-fucker!
Kincaide jumps to the ground. As soon as he lands, the cars
around him go wild. HORNS HONK, lights flash, windshield
wipers wipe.
Suddenly before Kincaid can react, cars start to pile in
around him. He spins around to watch as he is quickly boxed
in by piles of cars which come crashing in.
Kincaid is boxed in like a trapped mouse. The HORNS on the
cars around him HONK and headlights flash at him.
There is no way out. He's completely trapped in a space not
much larger than a single car.
Suddenly, Kincaid hears a SCRAPING NOISE right behind him.
Freddy's claws are SCRAPING a windshield.
He spins around, and finds FREDDY standing just inches away,
with his knives raised.
Freddy brings his blades down and jams them into Kincaid's
chest.
KINCAID (cont'd)
(gurgling)
Kiss my ass, I'll see you in hell...
FREDDY
(smiling)
Tell them Freddy sent ya!! HAHAHAHA!
Freddy pushes the knives farther and farther into Kincaid.
The tips of the sharp blades POP out of the center of
Kincaid's back. ONE AT A TIME, ACCENTED BY CRUEL SOUND FX.
FREDDY (cont'd)
One down...two to go...hahahah!
INT. KINCAID'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kincaid's eyes shoot open and he clutches his chest in agony.
His dog wakes and nuzzles up to his dying master, but the boy
is oblivious to the dog's tender attention.
With his final breath, Kincaid tries unsuccessfully to call
out Kristen's name.
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kristen is sitting in bed with her knees drawn to her chest.
Holding her breath, she's listening. The room is silent. It
must have been the wind tickling the chimes outside her
window that drew her attention.
She sighs, and reaches for the can of hi-caf Cola that's
sitting beside her.
She takes a final swig, then tosses the can in the waste
basket, where it joins a number of other empties.
Kristen rummages through the drawer in her nightstand, and
grabs some cigarettes and matches. She gets out of bed,
crosses to the window, and slides it open.
She slumps into the chair beside the window, and lights a
match by striking it against her thumbnail. Very cool. She
lights the cigarette and takes a deep drag.
EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Alice can be seen by the kitchen window. A sliver of light
creeps out of the garage, along with a THUMPING NOISE.
INT. GARAGE - NIGHT
Rick is involved in a series of interesting exercises. He's
kicking and sparring with a suspended bodybag, doing martial
arts spins between returns. He wears an oriental bandana
around his forehead.
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT
Alice is standing at the sink in front of the kitchen window,
finishing up a stack of dishes. She looks up when headlights
sweep across her face.
EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
ALICE'S POV
A car is swerving into the driveway. It makes an awkward
approach, and knocks over a garbage can that's positioned
well off to one side.
INT. GARAGE - NIGHT
Rick stops his exercises and steps away from the opening
electric door. The car jerks into the garage, and Johnson
climbs out. As he walks uneasily to the house, he takes a
quick nip from the bottle he's brought home. Johnson becomes
self conscious when he sees his sone watching him.
JOHNSON
First one of the day, scout's honor.
He shuffles by Rick.
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT
Johnson comes in and crosses to Alice. Rick follows as far
as the doorway but holds his position there.
JOHNSON
I'm late, I know, damn contracts...Let's
eat.
ALICE
We waited a long time.
RICK
But we gave up. As usual.
Alice takes a salad bowl out of the fridge and places it in
front of her father as he sits down at the table. Johnson
stares at the salad in disbelief.
JOHNSON
(disgusted)
You call this vegetation a meal after a
ten hour work day? What the hell am I?
A rabbit? Christ, Alice, can't you try
to think a little more?!
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT (DAYDREAM)
Begin daydream. Alice suddenly SMASHES the salad off the
table. She turns angrily on her father.
ALICE
Yeah, I can think! I can think of how
sick I am watching you drink your life
away and taking it out on me!
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT (BACK TO REALITY)
End daydream. Alice's father is staring at her. The salad
is back on the table. All is as it was.
JOHNSON
Do I speak in foreign tongues? Alice,
I'm talking to you. Are you awake or
what?
Alice doesn't answer.
RICK
Dad, don't start.
JOHNSON
Start what? Telling the little
daydreamer to wake up? It's long
overdue.
Johnson gets up and heads out.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
Hell with this.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
Aggravation I don't need.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice stands before a mirror that is virtually covered with
photos. She seems lost in though and doesn't see Rick step
into the room.
RICK
Don't you think it kind of defeats the
purpose?
ALICE
What?
RICK
The mirror. You can't see yourself in
it.
ALICE
I don't want to.
Alice takes a picture from the mirror, an old black and white
of two little children, herself and Rick much younger with a
woman. A picture of happier times. Crossing to sit on her
bed...
ALICE (cont'd)
Do you ever wonder how things would be if
Mom were alive?
RICK
(teasing)
Yeah. She'd be half as strict as you.
ALICE
But she wouldn't let Dad treat me like
that.
RICK
Look, you gotta stand up for yourself.
Learn to fight back.
Rick does a spin and karate kicks high into the air.
RICK (cont'd)
It's all in here.
(tapping his head)
See yourself fighting. And your body
obeys.
Kicking high again.
RICK (cont'd)
Come here.
He pulls her up.
ALICE
Rick...I can't.
RICK
Never say can't. Just do what I do.
He spins, stops. She spins - sort of. He kicks. She kicks.
Suddenly her shoe flies off, she hits the floor as her shoe
lands in the fish tank. They both die laughing.
RICK (cont'd)
Alice-son, you must have balance!
EXT. JOEY'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Establishing shot of house.
INT. JOEY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Posters of rock groups and girls line the walls. The camera
pans them slowly, tilting down past a particularly
provocative poster of a sexy bikinied babe. CAMERA reaches
the LED display of a stereo's VU meter, which is hitting all
the red peaks. But we can barely hear any music.
The CAMERA FOLLOWS a headphone cord away from the stereo,
passes some gorgeous pin-up POSTERS on the wall, and then
finally reveals Joey stretched out on his waterbed. He has
his TV hooked up to his stereo and is watching MTV, which he
HEARS through the headphones.
They're rocking out to a tune that spills out of his
headphones. He's also flipping through the latest issue of
Rolling Stone. His eyes slowly shut.
The magazine drops to his chest.
ALL AT ONCE, a rocking motion starts to make Joey rock back
and forth. Something is causing waves within the waterbed.
Joey snaps to. He notices that the girl in the slutty poster
has vanished, leaving only her photographed background. Joey
has no time to be puzzled, however as he rolls over and pulls
back the sheets on the bed...
To Joey's surprise and delight, a beautiful NAKED GIRL is
staring up at him from INSIDE HIS WATERBED.
Not just any girl, but the GIRL FROM THE POSTER. Her hair is
floating around her face, and she's pressing her body up
against the inside of the clear plastic. Her voice can't be
heard, but it looks like she's mouthing Joey's name.
JOEY
What a great bed!!
Entranced, Joey spreads his arms out over the girl and tires
to hug her. He's in heaven. She starts to slowly drift away
from him, DROPPING DOWN into the water until her features are
no longer clear.
SUDDENLY, the swimming figure bobs back up to the surface of
the bed. But it's no longer a beautiful girl. IT'S FREDDY.
Our old pal smiles up at Joey and the blades of his knives
push against the surface of the vinyl mattress.
Joey cries out, but before he has time to react, Freddy's
arms rip up through the plastic and grab a hold of the boy.
As water gushes all over, Freddy's demonic face pops up
behind him.
FREDDY
How's this for a wet dream?
JOEY
Noooo!!!! Kristen! Help!
Freddy pulls Joey back down beneath the surface of the bed
and holds him under. Joey thrashes, but its hopeless.
FREDDY (O.S.)
Two down. One to go. Hahahaha!
CAMERA moves back around the room to the LED meter, watching
as it dies down to nothing.
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Kristen is sitting on her window seat, finishing off another
cigarette. She blows smoke out the window, then uses the
butt to light a fresh cigarette.
INT. JOEY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Joey's MOTHER comes in to say goodnight.
MOM
Joey, are you asleep already? Joey?
She gets to the bed.
MOM (cont'd)
C'mon, give your mother a kiss.
She pulls down the covers to reveal Joey in the bed. She
screams.
Joey is floating motionless INSIDE THE WATERBED. His face
pressed up against the unbroken vinyl surface, his hair is
billowing back in the still-swirling current, and his eyes
are open in an eerie death stare.
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
A gentle breeze is blowing in the window and Kristen closes
her eyes for a few seconds as she lets the fresh air wash
across her tired face.
Suddenly the wind dies away and the soft sound of the
tinkling chime ABRUPTLY STOPS. Kristen opens her eyes and
stares out the window. The night air is absolutely still.
The leaves have stopped fluttering and the wind chime hangs
motionless in the tree.
She hears someone calling her, so she gets up and goes out.
EXT. FRONT DOOR - NIGHT
Kristen comes out and starts to walk slowly away from the
door. She is listening to the FAINT SOUND that is wafting
through the air, but she isn't really sure just what it is.
As Kristen steps away from the house, the CAMERA MOVES with
her in a CONTINUOUS SHOT. So when she turns and heads back,
the CAMERA is still following her. And what Kristen sees
makes her scream.
EXT. ELM STREET HOUSE - NIGHT
Her home is now gone. Standing in its place is the decaying
ELM STREET HOUSE. Kristen spins around.
INT. WEIRD THIN SPACE BETWEEN WALLS WITH CHAIN CURTAIN
She's in a long, weird, thin space between the walls. She
passes through a chain curtain and moves further in, the
corridor is filled with WAILING and STRANGE SOUNDS.
INT. WEIRD THIN SPACE BETWEEN WALLS WITH CHAIN CURTAIN
Kristen tries to navigate through the thin space. She
SCREAMS and starts running as arms begin bursting out of the
sides of the corridor. She ducks as they grab for her.
They're Freddy-arms, each one weilding his deadly claw.
The arms force her down the next segment of the corridor. As
she looks ahead she sees she's been led straight to Freddy.
He LAUGHS.
KRISTEN
I knew you'd be back.
FREDDY
And then there were none...
Freddy charges towards her. She turns and runs, but suddenly
Freddy is right in front of her. She stops cold and
concentrates.
KRISTEN
Kincaid! Joey!
There's no answer. No response.
FREDDY
Elm Street's last brat.
Freddy steps forward and raises his blades. He's about to
strike. Trapped, Kristen raises her hands in a final futile
attempt at self-defense.
But before Freddy can swing his deadly blades down at her,
Kristen's outstretched arm suddenly BURSTS INTO FLAME. She
screams and then we CUT TO
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Freddy's "last brat" line ECHOES a few times before FADING
out as Kristen comes awake.
Kristen jumps out of the chair as FLAMES shoot out of her
wastebasket. Her cigarette has started a small fire. She
grabs her can of soda and pours the rest out onto the fire,
putting it out. She nurtures a small burn on her hand.
She turns to the window and cries out under her breath:
KRISTEN
Joey! Kincaid!
EXT. SCHOOL STEPS - MORNING
It's right before school starts, the grounds are deserted
save for Kristen. She sits alone on the steps, rocking
herself slightly. She's looked better. She's nervous and
agitated.
She reaches into her pocket and withdraws a cigarette. She
takes out a match, ignites it by striking it against her
thumbnail, and lights the cig. After a deep inhale she blows
smoke into the morning air.
Alice appears.
ALICE
Here you are. Where were you this
morning? Rick's looking all over for
you.
KRISTEN
(very anxious)
Have you seen Joey and Kincaid! God, I
can't find them. I can't find them
anywhere.
ALICE
I'm sure they're around.
KRISTEN
(afraid)
Yeah, I'm not so sure.
Alice sits beside Kristen. Kristen looks at her. Each girl
has bags under their eyes.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
We have matching luggage again.
Alice looks at Kristen, puzzled. She doesn't get it.
Kristen smiles and puts her finger on the bags under one of
Alice's eyes.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
The bags under your eyes. Nightmares?
Alice nods "yes".
KRISTEN (cont'd)
God I hate dreaming.
ALICE
I love to dream, I just hate ones about
my dad.
KRISTEN
You could do worse.
Kristen stamps out her cigarette.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
How do you deal with your nightmares?
ALICE
My mom taught me when I was little. Did
you ever hear of the dream master?
KRISTEN
Sounds like a game show host to me.
ALICE
No really, it's a fable. The 'guardian
of good' dreams. It was like my teddy
bear when I was growing up.
KRISTEN
Great, you wouldn't happen to know his
phone number?
Alice laughs.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
So what do you do now?
ALICE
I daydream. you have to dream about some
place fun. Remember you're in control.
KRISTEN
How'd you learn so much about dreams?
ALICE
When they're all you have, you kinda
become an expert.
Kristen gives Alice a sympathetic look. The two girls sit in
silence for a moment.
KRISTEN
I used to bring people into my dreams.
Alice doesn't know what to make of this.
ALICE
You what?
KRISTEN
When I used to have nightmares. I
brought my friends in to help me. Until
they all started dying.
Kristen notices that Alice isn't getting what she's talking
about.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
Never mind. It's too complicated. Let's
get in before your brother starts a
search party.
INT. BRYSON'S CLASSROOM - DAY
A teacher, a young hip man named BRYSON writes on the board
as the final stragglers come in. Kristen and Alice enter,
meeting Rick who's there already.
Kristen takes on look at the roomful of STUDENTS and all the
blood drains from her face. She isn't looking at the
students who are there. She is staring at TWO EMPTY SEATS.
Kristen starts to tremble a MURMURING begins deep inside her
and builds to a tortured CRY as she shakes her head "no".
Kristen starts to back away. Her knees are getting weak.
The other students are mesmerized by the outburst. Some of
them are glancing over at the empty seats.
RICK
What is it?
KRISTEN
(screaming)
Oh God! He killed them!
Rick takes hold of her arm, but she's really losing it now,
and she pulls herself away from him with all her strength.
The momentum of this violent move throws her off balance and
she falls back, slamming against the door. She strikes her
head, slumps to the floor, knocked out.
INT. SCHOOL NURSE'S OFFICE - DAY
A SCHOOL NURSE is passing an ampule of smelling salts under
Kristen's nose. She shakes her head, then opens her eyes.
The Nurse leans down over her and smiles.
NURSE
Feeling better now?
KRISTEN
(groggy)
Yeah. I guess so... What happened?
NURSE
You had a nasty bump.
As Kristen's sense of focus returns, she looks up at the
Nurse with an expression of extreme urgency.
KRISTEN
I gotta get out of here.
NURSE
You just stay put. You need rest.
KRISTEN
You don't get it, he's after me...
NURSE
Don't worry, honey
The woman turns and sets down the smelling salts. Her back
begins to bleed, blood soaks through her white uniform,
saturating the fabric, Kristen's eyes widen in horror. When
she turns back an instant later, she's no longer the Nurse.
Now standing above Kristen is FREDDY.
FREDDY
I need to draw some blood...
Kristen lets out a scream.
INT. SCHOOL NURSE'S OFFICE - DAY
Kristen's eyes suddenly SNAP OPEN. The Nurse is passing an
ampule of smelling salts under the girl's nose. The woman
leans down over her and smiles.
NURSE
Feeling better now?
Kristen doesn't say a word.
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC builds on the soundtrack as we...
EXT. DINER - DAY
MUSIC is blasting as CARS pull up and KIDS make their way
into the CRAVE INN.
INT. CRAVE INN - DAY
CU of jukebox. PULL BACK as Dan and his buddy walk fro the
jukebox to their table. Dan passes by the counter and
glances at Alice.
DAN
Hi, you seen Rick around?
Alice is surprised and almost drops an order. She shakes her
head.
ALICE
No...
DAN
You're his sister, right?
ALICE
(smiles)
Rick stayed later after school with
Kristen. She wasn't feeling very well.
DAN
Tell him I was looking for him, okay?
(his eyes smile)
I'm Dan.
ALICE
(looking down)
I know. Uh...Alice.
Dan is already walking away toward his table. Alice picks up
an order and watches Dan walk away. Debbie, who is also a
waitress, steps in.
DEBBIE
Sorry, Alice. You're shift's over. My
table now.
Debbie walks to Dan's table. Sheila catches Alice off-guard.
(They both watch Debbie talking to Dan.)
SHEILA
(mimicking Debbie)
Hi, handsome. Care for some buns?
Alice turns to see Sheila in front of her with a check. They
both laugh.
ALICE
You in a hurry?
SHEILA
I gotta get to the library before it
closes. Killer physics test.
ALICE
I know. I hardly have any time to study.
SHEILA
Maybe you shouldn't be working here so
much. You don't want to get stuck
waiting tables for the rest of your life.
ALICE
I know.
Debbie returns from Dan's table.
DEBBIE
He's so cute. I wonder where he works
out.
SHEILA
Please save us, Deb. There IS life after
exercise.
DEBBIE
One of these days I'll fix you up with a
real guy. Teach you to get your
priorities straight.
ALICE
I think Sheila's more interested in
dissecting bodies than just admiring
them.
DEBBIE
Give her time. Beauty is skin deep.
SHEILA
Deb, you're hopeless. Later in life
you'll appreciate my motto: mind over
matter.
Sheila gathers her books. Alice starts cleaning the table
nearby as Rick and Kristen walk in. They startle Alice.
RICK
(urgently)
Alice, you think you can leave?
ALICE
What's wrong?
RICK
Kincaid and Joey died last night.
ALICE
What?
Over at the next table, Dan sees Rick.
DAN
(yells)
Hey, Rick!
RICK
(to the girls)
Excuse me, ladies. I'll just be a
moment.
Rick takes off for the table. Alice and Kristen huddle
closer.
ALICE
Kristen, what happened?
KRISTEN
You'll hear all kinds of stories.
They'll tell you it was murder, but it
wasn't.
Alice tries to comfort Kristen who is now crying.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
How could I let him get them? Kincaid,
the badass motherfucker with the heart of
gold. And Joey, shy, sweet Joey. So shy
and so oversexed.
Kristen smiles through her tears. Good memories.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
We were a team.
Alice is speechless. Suddenly Kristen turns hard.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
(steely)
I'm gonna get that sonofabitch.
ALICE
Who?
Kristen doesn't seem to hear her.
KRISTEN
(yelling)
Rick! C'mon! We gotta go now!
Rick comes over with Dan who looks concerned.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
Before it's too late.
INT. RICK'S CAR - DAY
Dan's seated in the backseat. He looks slightly silly
sitting next to the shy Alice, who's desperately trying not
to make eye contact with him. She sneaks little peeks.
Debbie is seated in back on the other side of Dan. She's
trying very hard to make eye contact with Dan. Rick's in
front with Kristen.
A conversation is in progress. Kristen is finishing up a
story.
KRISTEN
Now you know who and what Freddy really
is.
RICK
I though Freddy was just an old town
story.
KRISTEN
It's no story. It happened. Freddy's
real and he's back.
DAN
Hey, c'mon! Everybody has nightmares.
KRISTEN
You don't know what nightmares are. You
play by Freddy's rules. Wake up or die.
DAN
Nice neighborhood.
Everyone in the car has been leaning in towards Kristen,
engrossed in her story. Rick grows uncomfortable with the
crowding, as if he had a strong aversion to tight spaces
which we would like to telegraph for later exploitation.
RICK
Hey, c'mon! Give me some room! I hate
tight spaces.
Those in the back seat back off. Kristen speaks up.
KRISTEN
We're here.
EXT. ELM STREET HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON
Rick's car and Dan's truck pull up in front of the boarded
up, run down house. They get out of their respective cars
and meet on the front of the walkway, surrounded by a weed
infested front lawn.
DAN
So, why the haunted house?
KRISTEN
Kids died there.
DAN
Huh?
RICK
(whispers to Dan)
I'll tell you later.
KRISTEN
It's no just a house. It's his home.
He's waiting there for me...to dream.
RICK
It's okay, babe. We're with you.
KRISTEN
I told you you can't help. This isn't a
normal nightmare. I'm doomed.
DAN
I don't get it.
RICK
(whispers pulling him aside)
Let me talk to you.
Alice takes Kristen aside. Continue scene with Dan and Rick.
DAN
So what's up? What'd I miss?
RICK
She told us the story of Freddy. It's a
town legend. He was a child killer who
was freed on a technicality.
DAN
So?
RICK
It pissed off a lot of parents.
According to Kristen, they hunted him
down; roasted him alive.
DAN
Nice neighborhood.
RICK
Now it gets weird. She says he comes
back in dreams. If he kills you there,
you're dead for real.
On Kristen and Alice.
KRISTEN
I'm beginning to feel like an endangered
species.
Alice is staring at the house. She suddenly speaks, almost
to herself.
ALICE
"Now I lay me down to sleep..."
Kristen glances over at Alice who notices Kristen's
attention.
ALICE (cont'd)
The dream master. I think I remember the
rhyme. "The master of dreams, my soul
I'll keep..."
She falters, stops.
ALICE (cont'd)
Sorry, I forgot the rest.
KRISTEN
It's okay. It's only a prayer, no good
to Freddy's realm.
A car's HONKING commands the kids' attention. ELAINE,
Kristen's mom, pulls up. She shouts at Kristen from the car.
ELAINE
Kristen! Get the hell away form that
house and get in this car. Andele!
Rick, Debbie and Dan walk over to Kristen and Alice. Kristen
starts to head for the car. Rick puts a hand on her
shoulder.
RICK
Don't go if you don't want to. I can
take care of you.
Elaine impatiently HONKS the HORN again.
KRISTEN
I better go.
Rick leans in and gently kisses her.
RICK
I'll call you tonight. We'll get through
this.
They are near the curb, Alice stops as something on the
walkway catches her attention. There are traces of a chalk
drawing on the concrete. Alice bends down and runs a finger
across its surface.
RICK (O.S. cont'd)
Alice?
She looks up to Dan and Rick. She starts to join them.
Before she goes, she turns and looks back down. The drawing
is gone. She stares at the walkway a beat before joining
Dan, Rick and Debbie.
INT. KRISTEN'S DINING ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
Elaine is silently watching her daughter eat. You could cut
the tension with a knife. Finally, Elaine speaks up.
ELAINE
Something the matter with the cuisine?
KRISTEN
Well Mom, I'll tell ya, when two of your
friends die the same day, you let me know
what it does to your appetite.
ELAINE
You're just tired. Don't think I haven't
noticed your not sleeping. That has to
stop, honey.
Kristen quickly stands, but she's dizzy. She grabs a hold of
the table to steady herself, then sits back down again.
KRISTEN
(concerned)
What's wrong with me?
ELAINE
Your distraught. It'll help...
There's a straightened tone in her mother's voice that is
making Kristen's eyes open wide. She's starting to
understand what's happening.
KRISTEN
Oh, God...No...What'd you do?
Kristen grabs her glass, and pours the last of her milk out
onto the table. There's a grainy sediment remaining in the
bottom of the glass.
When Kristen stands again, she's unsteady on her feet. She
tries to brace herself on the back of her chair with one
hand, and when she does this, she loses her grip on the empty
milk glass and it falls and shatters on the floor.
With a wobbling gait, Kristen lurches away from the table.
Kristen stumbles around, grabs her mother's purse and dumps
its contents on the counter. Fumbling around, she finds a
half-full container of prescription capsules. She turns and
throws it at Elaine. Pills fly everywhere.
ELAINE
I'm sorry honey, but...
KRISTEN
(screaming)
Sorry!! Sorry that you and your tennis
pals torched this guy who's now after me.
In case you haven't been keeping score,
it's his fucking banquet, and I'm the
LAST COURSE!!
ELAINE
Honey, we went over this in therapy.
KRISTEN
Mother, you've just murdered me. Take
that to your goddamn therapy...
ON DESERTED BEACH
Wearing club med beach wear, Kristen is lying on a towel on a
beach that runs along the edge of a broad lake. The sun is
high and the sky is blue.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
(softly to herself)
Thanks, Alice.
She slowly glances around the beach. Down near the water, a
LITTLE GIRL is building a SAND CASTLE.
When the child turns and looks at her, Kirsten sees that it's
the same little girl that she saw drawing a picture on the
sidewalk.
JUST OFF THE SHORE
The glassy surface of the water is unexpectedly broken by FIN-
LIKE OBJECTS that rise up and slice through the surf. At
first it looks like a shark, but as it gets closer, we can
clearly see that it is FOUR BLADES in ascending height.
ON THE BEACH
Kristen looks back at the Sand Castle, but the little girl is
gone. She does not notice the fins.
MOVING WITH THE FINS
They turn and head straight for shore, directly in line with
the Sand Castle and Kristen beyond it. When they reach the
shore, they continue straight on, cutting THROUGH THE SAND
now instead of the water.
ON THE BEACH
The knife-like fins move through the sand and enter the front
of the Elm Street Sand Castle. At this point, the sand
castle CHANGES INTO A SAND CASTLE OF THE ELM STREET HOUSE,
then EXPLODES, revealing:
Freddy, squinting against the harsh sunlight. Freddy pops on
a pair of Ray-Bans. He smiles as he steps forward and stands
over Kristen, his backlit form is towering above her.
FREDDY
Time to turn, or else you'll burn!
Kristen is sunken halfway into the sand, preventing escape.
Freddy raises his claw as if to attack Kristen and the shadow
of the claw BURNS BLISTERS onto her otherwise pale skin.
Freddy saunters over, unaffected by the quicksand. He
watches the girl struggle and laughs when her screaming mouth
fills with sand as she SINKS BELOW THE SURFACE
INT. ELM STREET HOUSE - UPSIDE DOWN DINING ROOM - NIGHT
Kristen appears, hanging upside down on all fours on the
ceiling of the room. She's disoriented. She starts to get
some kind of bearing and starts crawling towards a wall.
She makes it and struggles to reach a door. She crawls down
the wall and manages to open the door. She flings herself
through it.
Kristen is horrified to discover that she is back in the
boiler room. The place is really strange now. There's a fire
and steam all around
She realizes she's standing on a catwalk high above the room.
She looks around and sees that Freddy is standing in front of
a furnace, watching her with a grin on his face.
With a defiant cry, Kristen runs at Freddy. She does a
series of cartwheels and throws herself at her tormentor,
crashing into him.
Caught off guard, Freddy stumbles backwards and falls onto
the grating.
FREDDY
Do it til ya dizzy...hahahahaha!
KRISTEN
We beat you before!
FREDDY
But you're all alone!
Freddy advances on the terrified girl.
FREDDY (cont'd)
Hey, Kristen! Why don't you call in some
help?
Freddy closes in. Kristen struggles not to drag anyone in.
KRISTEN
Never...I'm the last.
Freddy's almost on top of her.
FREDDY
Reach out and touch someone.
Freddy raises his claw to slash Kristen. She panics and on a
reflex, calls for:
KRISTEN
ALICE!!
Suddenly, Alice comes crashing down ON TOP of them. Kristen
is enraged.
But Freddy is happy.
FREDDY
How sweet! Fresh meat!
Kristen suddenly SLAPS Alice HARD across the face.
KRISTEN
Come on!! Wake up and get OUT!! It was
a mistake, oh God I'm sorry.
Nothing happens, Kristen starts to back up, taking Alice with
her. Freddy pulls open his shirt and reveals the TORTURED
FACES of the souls of his previous victims.
KRISTEN (cont'd)
(stepping forward)
Leave her alone!!!
Freddy grabs Kristen, and as Alice reacts in utter horror, he
throws her into a nearby wall in which appears a burning sea
of flames.
Kristen writhes as she burns.
As the flames finish off the doomed girl, a BLAST OF ENERGY
shoots out of the steaming furnace and slams into Freddy.
His body crackles, he arches his back and seems to grow as he
CONTORTS and PULSATES.
FREDDY
NOW, NO ONE SLEEPS! AHHHH!
He starts to advance on the terrified Alice. As Kristen
roasts to a fiery death, she calls out to Alice.
KRISTEN
(pained)
You'll need my power...
A second bolt of energy flies from Kristen's body inside the
furnace and SLAMS into Alice, causing her to glow and shake.
Freddy closes in for the kill and is about to slice into
Alice.
KRISTEN'S SMOLDERING FACE pushes out and emerges onto
Freddy's chest.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice sits bolt upright in bed, screaming. She takes a few
breathes, gets her bearings then walks towards her vanity.
She stares at the mirror.
One of the pictures on it is new. It's a snapshot of a
beaming Freddy and a terrified Kristen down in the boiler
room. Freddy smiles for the camera. Alice stares at it.
She turns it over.
There's an inscription on the back. It reads FREDDY AND
KRISTEN, HELL, 1988. The picture suddenly BURSTS into flames
and disintegrates, startling Alice. She looks back at the
mirror. The hole the picture has left on the reflective
surface allows Alice to see a portion of her face. Her
reflection is subtly altered, more enhanced.
Rick bursts in.
RICK
You alright?
ALICE
(barely a whisper)
Kristen...
She grabs him and pulls him out of the room.
EXT. KRISTEN'S HOUSE - STREET - NIGHT
Rick and Alice pull up to Kristen's house and get out of
Rick's car.
EXT. KRISTIN'S HOUSE - NIGHT
The dancing orange of flames can be seen in Kristen's
upstairs bedroom window.
Rick and Alice charge into the house.
RICK
(calling out)
Kristen!
INT. KRISTEN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Rick, Alice and Elaine enter the room. The bed is in a blaze
of FLAMES. The last of Kristen is just a CHARRED ARM.
EXT. SCHOOL - DAY
Rick is sitting on a bench wearing dark sunglasses. The
oriental bandana ties tightly around his forehead. He's in
mourning. Seated around him are Alice, who's dressed a bit
like Kristen, Debbie and Dan. Silence surrounds them. Each
is respectful of Rick's mood.
DAN
Hey man, we're all sorry...
RICK
She knew she was gonna die.
DEBBIE
You mean it was like, suicide?
Dan cuts in, not letting Debbie finish her sentence.
DAN
I thought it was an accident. Smoking in
bed.
ALICE
It was no suicide. It was not an
accident. It was Freddy, and he's coming
back for seconds, thirds, and fourths.
DEBBIE
Come on, Freddy's not real. She couldn't
have been serious?
DAN
I mean, you can't really believe that.
ALICE
I was there in the dream. He took her.
It was awful. It was awful...
DAN
"In her dream"?
Alice gets up and abruptly walks away from the bench. Rick
takes off his glasses and watches his sister go.
RICK
Something's very wrong here.
DEBBIE
What?
RICK
For a minute she...well, reminded me of
Kristen.
DAN
Weren't they close?
A beat.
RICK
Not that close.
INT. GIRL'S RESTROOM - DAY
Alice stares at her reflection for a few moments. She studies
it. She leans in real close to the mirror's surface.
She takes out a cigarette, sticks it in her mouth and lights
it by striking a match against her thumbnail, eerily
reminiscent of Kristen.
She takes a drag and COUGHS violently. She quickly stamps it
out. She looks into the mirror.
ALICE
I don't smoke.
(beat)
Kristen, what did you do to me?
Sheila enters the restroom, heads for a faucet next to Alice,
and immediately splashes her face with cold water. Alice
watches her. She gets a look at Sheila's tired face.
SHEILA
Ohhhhbaby, I am dead on my feet.
ALICE
We have matching luggage.
SHEILA
What?
Again, reminiscent of Kristen, Alice points to a spot under
Sheila's eye.
ALICE
You've been up all night?
SHEILA
That obvious, huh?
ALICE
Then you saw him, too?
SHEILA
Saw who? I was up all night cramming for
this physics test, and I was putting this
little baby together. Look...
Sheila reaches into her purse and withdraws a small, neat
looking gadget, not unlike a joy buzzer, only this means
business. She squeezes it and it emits a HIGH-PITCHED WHINE.
SHEILA (cont'd)
You know how Debbie's afraid of bugs? I
made this for her. Ultra high sound
waves. Makes 'em run screaming their
antenna off.
Sheila collects herself and starts to leave.
SHEILA (cont'd)
See ya in class.
She exits, leaving Alice alone in the rest room.
INT. PHYSICS CLASSROOM - DAY
The STUDENTS are sitting at their desks, waiting for the
dreaded exam. Sheila starts to wheeze a little, but she
takes a hit off of her aspirator, and that settles her down.
She looks exhausted.
While the TEACHER places test papers face down in front of
each of the students, Sheila checks out her CLASSMATES.
Alice and Rick are there, and so is Dan.
When the teacher finally gets to Sheila, he drops the test in
front of her, giving her a little slap on the back.
The teacher glances up at the clock above the blackboard,
then turns to the students.
TEACHER
Alright...you have forty minutes. Good
luck and go to it.
Test papers are turned over. The examination has begun.
Concentration, scribbling, thinking, cheating, satisfaction,
and despair. It's all there.
Sheila is staring at her paper. She holds her eyes open
wide. They slowly shut, for a second. She recovers and
opens her eyes wide again. She stares back at the paper.
INT. PHYSICS CLASSROOM - DAY (DREAM BEGINS)
ON THE TEST
The equations dance about on the page like acrobats. Sheila
blinks in confusion, yet they still move. She takes a look
around. All the other students are working, including Alice.
Sheila's pen is poised over her paper, her eyes get heavy,
her head droops forward, but she again snaps to with a start.
She shakes her head and looks down at her test. Sheila puts
her pencil to paper and tries to fill in an answer, but no
writing appears on the paper.
Blinking again, the equations on the page start to dance.
Slowly the letters start to form words again. They spell out
LEARNING IS FUN WITH FREDDY.
Sheila shakes her head and looks around. Then she looks down
at her page where a drop of blood splatters. Her pen is
leaking blood.
Alice, awake, turns and notices Sheila's troubles. No one
else in the classroom reacts.
Sheila tries to clean the blood with her hand, making an even
bigger mess. Then HER HAND PUSHES RIGHT INTO THE DESK. She
struggles to free it, but she's pulled even further.
Suddenly she pulls it free, looks around, relieved. The
tension mounts, then suddenly a mechanical beastie type claw-
thing jumps out of the desk and grabs hold of Sheila's arm.
She yells.
Alice turns and sees Sheila struggling. Alice starts to rise
when a bar shoots out across her lap and straps her in. She
struggles to help Sheila. But all the other students are
calmly involved in the test.
Sheila looks forward at the teacher's desk. Freddy sits at
the table, peeling an apple with a claw.
FREDDY
School's out.
Finally Sheila pulls her arm free, but the bar slips around
her waist, entrapping her.
Freddy heads down the aisle.
Sheila's breathing all but stops. She tries to scream, but
can only choke and wheeze.
FREDDY (cont'd)
Suck me sideways...Save your breath.
Freddy yanks Sheila to him and kisses her hard on the mouth
and begins to suck, literally drawing the air from her lungs.
The Freddy-created-vacuum is intense. Sheila's ribs are
drawn into themselves and CRACK IN HALF. Her body is
imploding as her insides, life essence, is sucked completely
dry.
Young skin now cracked and peeling brown. The rind you throw
away. Freddy lets go of Sheila's shell and it drops to the
desk with a dusty THUD.
FREDDY (cont'd)
Sorry, you fail.
Freddy turns to the terrified Alice. He walks over,
screeching his talons on the blackboard.
INT. PHYSICS CLASSROOM - DAY (BACK TO REALITY)
Suddenly, Freddy is gone and Sheila is lying across her desk,
choking for air, while the teacher and students gather
around. Alice fumbles with Sheila's inhalator, forcing it
into her mouth, but
Sheila's head just droops to one side. Dead.
Alice is suddenly hit by a JOLT. She recovers after a shaky
moment.
Sheila's home-made zapper falls out of one pocket and falls
on the floor. Alice quickly scoops it up.
Rick, Dan and Debbie surround her. Alice starts to freak.
ALICE
Didn't you see it? He was here.
They all stare at her strangely. Rick leads her carefully
from the classroom, supporting her exhausted body. The other
students file out.
STUDENT
The test wasn't that bad...
EXT. SCHOOL - DAY
School's been let out for the day and dozens of STUDENTS are
standing around the parking lot, watching the paramedics lift
a nylon sheet-covered body into a waiting ambulance.
Sheila's friends watch in silence as the vehicle pulls away.
A BURP OF SIREN to part the crowd of teens.
DEBBIE
(fighting tears)
Asthma attack...what 17-year old has a
fatal asthma attack? She was gonna be a
doctor.
ALICE
It was Freddy.
DEBBIE
Enough of that crap.
ALICE
I saw it. It was my dream. I brought
Sheila in...
A horrible realization dawns on Alice.
ALICE (cont'd)
Oh God, I brought her in, like Kristen
did with me...
Rick tries to help, touches.
RICK
C'mon...
Alice breaks free, leaves.
ALICE
No, don't! I gave Sheila to him and now
she's dead!
DAN
Kristen's story really got to her.
RICK
I'm not so sure it's a story. I mean,
look around, we're dropping off like
flies here.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice empties her pockets on her vanity table. She comes up
with Sheila's gadget. She begins to tinker with it, she
hefts it, sizes it up. She sets it down and looks up at the
mirror.
She hesitantly reaches out and pulls another photo off the
mirror, revealing more of her reflection.
It's a picture of her and Sheila, she puts it down. Alice's
image is prettier, stronger.
She HEARS A NOISE from downstairs and leaves her room to
investigate.
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT (DREAM)
Alice enters the kitchen.
ALICE
Rick?
Alice flicks on the lights. She gasps. Her father is
sitting at the table. He looks up at her, smiles warmly.
JOHNSON
Hi. I heard about what happened at the
school. I guess I haven't been very much
of a father through this.
Alice shrugs.
ALICE
It's not your fault.
JOHNSON
Nah, I've been using that excuse since
your mother died.
He crosses to the fridge, opens the door, and bends down to
take a look. The door blocks Alice's and our view of him.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
But I promise honey, I'll make things
better for you...
The fridge door SLAMS shut, revealing Johnson.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
Now if I could only kick the habit.
He's holding an oversized martini glass. His face looks like
the worst case of alcoholic deterioration. Blood seeps from
burst blood vessels in his eyes, his nose is red and lined
and warped.
He's wearing Freddy's sweater. He takes a swig off the huge
Vodka bottle. He vomits up blood as he speaks.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
(Freddy's voice)
Where's dinner?
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice bolts awake in bed, sweaty and short of breath. Rick
bursts in and hits the light.
RICK
I heard you screaming. Was it a bad one?
ALICE
It was bad.
RICK
Doesn't the dream master work for you
anymore?
ALICE
I can't find him.
Rick notices Sheila's gadget on the vanity. It looks like
it's been taken apart and modified. It looks nastier. He
picks it up.
RICK
Hey, since when do you play Thomas
Edison? This looks like Sheila's.
ALICE
It is...was. It's a zapper, it might help
me stay awake.
RICK
Yeah, or turn you into toast.
Alice goes and takes it from him. She hangs it on the mirror
frame by its wires.
ALICE
I can't go back to sleep again.
RICK
I haven't slept much either. Since
Kristen...
Alice looks sympathetically at her brother.
ALICE
I miss her, too. She gave me her ability
but I don't know how to use it. I can
bring people into my dream, but I can't
protect them.
Alice looks straight at her brother.
ALICE (cont'd)
Freddy lives in my dreams, Rick. Like he
did with Kristen. My dreams, the one
thing I had to myself.
RICK
We'll figure it out.
ALICE
Figure it out?!?! I'll be insane before
I figure it out. The only thing I'm sure
of is that I can't go to sleep. Not
while he's using me.
RICK
Then we'll stay up together.
INT. CRAVE INN - NIGHT
Alice is standing behind the diner's counter. Adding up the
night's receipts near the cash register. Her waitress
uniform is spotted with stains, evidence of a hard day.
She finishes up the receipts and closes the cash register.
She then pours coffee grounds into a cup of black coffee as
if it were sugar. She stirs it halfheartedly and drinks it
down.
Dan suddenly walks in and heads for the counter, about to
place an order to go. He sees that it's Alice behind the
counter, and is surprised.
DAN
Hey, how ya doin'?
Alice looks up. From the look of her, she's not doing that
well. Dan is taken a bit aback by her appearance.
DAN (cont'd)
Haven't seen you around lately.
ALICE
I've been working double shifts.
DAN
Extra money, huh?
ALICE
Look, you know why, you just don't
believe me.
Dan looks around and leans in to her.
DAN
No offense, or anything, but it's kind of
hard to swallow.
ALICE
The story is, the deaths you can't argue
with.
Alice's eyes well up. She begins to come unraveled.
ALICE (cont'd)
I don't know what to do. I can't stop
it. Why doesn't he just kill me?
DAN
How long have you been awake?
ALICE
Three days.
Dan lets this sink in. Alice becomes embarrassed and self-
conscious under Dan's scrutiny.
ALICE (cont'd)
Don't you understand? Every time I
sleep, someone might die.
DAN
Alright, let's assume this whole thing is
true. Why does Freddy all of a sudden
need you?
ALICE
Kristen was the last child left of the
people who killed Freddy. Maybe Freddy
can't get to new kids without someone
like me. Someone to bring them to him.
Dan and Alice are both silent for a moment. They look at
each other. Dan reads the mix of emotions on Alice's face:
guilt, shame, anger, exhaustion. He's about to say something
when a sudden voice calls out. Dan's date, a pretty and
polished CHEERLEADER TYPE, appears at the door.
GIRL
Danny, we're going to be late for the
drive-in!
Dan is embarrassed, so is Alice, who's also jealous.
ALICE
I have to get back.
Alice hurries off to the kitchen as Dan watches in
frustration.
INT. BOYS' LOCKER ROOM - DAY
Dan and a BUDDY are suiting up for practice.
BUDDY
Ninety-three days until summer.
DAN
What's the matter man, getting tired?
BUDDY
No, I'm getting worried. Let's see if we
survive until summer. It's been open
season this semester. Pretty weird
stuff.
Dan and his buddy spot Rick entering and sit down on one of
the benches.
BUDDY (cont'd)
Speaking of weird, you gotta feel for
that guy. Dead girlfriend and a basket
case sister.
Dan angrily reacts to this. He shoves the buddy up against
the lockers.
DAN
Hey! Learn to shut up, asshole!
Dan heads for Rick. He sits down next to him.
DAN (cont'd)
You look wasted.
RICK
Been up with Alice.
DAN
How she doing? I ran into her last
night.
RICK
She's blaming herself for Sheila. I know
how it feels. I've been thinking about
Kristen. Maybe I could've stopped it, if
I'd listened.
DAN
About Freddy?
RICK
What else? You ever look over this
town's history? Not a safe place to be a
teenager. Anyway, if I'm next, watch
your back.
Dan smiles at the gallows humor.
The coach bellows into the locker room.
COACH (O.S.)
Hey you bozos, up and out! NOW!!
As Dan and the other boys head out to PE class, Rick detours
to...
INT. LOCKER ROOM TOILET AREA - DAY
Rick heads to a stall.
INT. LECTURER'S CLASSROOM - DAY
Alice is struggling to stay awake in a back row of the class.
At the front, a typical high school lecturer drones on in
boring monotone.
We hear the words from Alice's point of view as they distort
as she gets closer and closer to falling asleep.
LECTURER
Every society, dating back to the
ancients, has had theories regarding
dreams, what they mean, how to control
them. Aristotle believed that during
sleep you soul roams free. What it sees
are dreams. Skilled dreamers control
what they see. There is a theory that
there are two gates your soul can enter,
one a positive gate, the other a
negative. The dreammaster guards the
positive gate and protects its sleeping
host. There are fewer theories about the
negative gate...
INT. TOILET STALL - DAY
Rick sits on the toilet. He looks up in surprise when the
door begins to rattle. A bunch of girls in cheerleading
costume suddenly barge in. They look down at Rick and laugh
as he struggles to pull up his trousers.
Suddenly the room begins to shake. Rick looks around and
sees the room transform into an elevator. Buttons push out
of the walls and the doors change.
INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
One of the girls pushes button #13. The elevator shoots up.
Rick is astonished. The doors open and the girls shove out.
Rick can see Alice among the girls. She is pushing forward,
trying to go help him. She disappears in the crowd. Rick
looks around at:
INT. HELLISH BATHROOM - NIGHT
Rick looks ahead into the hellish bathroom. In front of him
he sees the familiar back of Kristen. She leans over the
sink, looking in the mirror. The mirror image speaks to him.
KRISTEN
C'mon, Rick. Make me laugh.
Rick steps forward to go to Kristen. She turns, revealing
her face is a burned horrific mess. Kristen laughs evilly.
Rick reels back into the elevator.
INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
The doors slam shut in Rick's face. Suddenly the elevator is
rocketed downward. Rick holds on for his life. The buttons
sequence faster and faster until they are a blurry glow.
Through the elevator speaker comes Freddy's voice.
FREDDY (V.O.)
Going down. Women's wear, lingerie,
cutlery, butcher knives. China...
The elevator comes to sudden halt, Rick is thrown to the
ground by the impact. He gets up and looks around as the
door opens into:
INT. CHINESE LIVING AREA - DAY
A pristine clean Chinese room (a la living quarters in
Chinese Ghost Story) - tatami mattes, white and colored
screens, open, light and airy. Rick steps out tentatively.
He scans the room suspiciously, then more calmly.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Rick is hurtled backward as if
kicked by an invisible opponent.
RICK
What the...
Freddy's voice is heard.
FREDDY (O.S.)
A true warrior, Rick-san, needs no eyes.
Rick is kicked again and floored. He stands, now angry. He
flails around at the air, then is hit again.
RICK
Come out and fight me, you chicken shit.
Freddy's laugh is heard.
FREDDY (O.S.)
Ninja warriors have calm. Find your
balance, Rick.
Rick is hit again and thrown back against a screen which
breaks. He stands up slowly, with ultimate concentration. He
turns quickly as if with radar. Suddenly he kicks back at the
air and connects. A resounding thump is heard. He
progresses forward in a series of karate moves all of which
connect soundly and quickly with the invisible force.
RICK
Too wimpy to show yourself, Krueger?
Well, how's this for balance?
With extra strength, Rick kicks out in the air. He connects
hard and suddenly Freddy's glove appears out of thin air and
lands on the floor as if kicked off by Rick's power.
Rick stops and stares at the glove on the ground. He laughs
victoriously.
RICK (cont'd)
Hahaha. You superhero. How you gonna
get me without your weapon? You're dead
meat.
Rick looks down as Freddy's laugh resounds through the room.
Suddenly the glove jumps up in the air and goes straight for
Rick, reaming him in the stomach. Rick falls over - dead.
FREDDY
Hari-kari to you and your balance, boy.
Sayonara, Rick-san.
INT. LECTURER'S CLASSROOM - DAY
Alice wakes up with a jolt. She's HIT by an incredible force
and her entire seat shakes off its bolts. Students next to
her back away.
She SMASHES her desk top with her fist, sending bits of wood
and metal flying. She lets out a soul-crushing CRY.
ALICE
Nooooo!!!!
The windows in the hall SHATTER. Alice runs out of the hall.
INT. LOCKER ROOM TOILET AREA - DAY
The coach ENTERS the room and calls out.
COACH
Hey, Johnson! Let's go!!
THE CAMERA TRACKS past the Coach to the empty stalls,
stopping as we see Rick's twisted hand lifeless on the tile
floor.
EXT. ON THE ELM STREET GRAVES - DAY
Dan is walking by a series of graves. They bear the names of
NANCY THOMPSON, DONALD THOMPSON, ROLAND KINCAID, JOSEPH
PETERSON and finally, KRISTEN PARKER.
Dan stands before the graves of Freddy's victims. A wind
RUSTLES the leaves in the trees above his head.
DAN
And then there were none.
EXT. ELM STREET CEMETERY - DAY
Yet another funeral is taking place in Springwood. Mourners
gather around the grave site. Johnson stands before the
grave, disheveled, unshaven, a wreck. There are a few teens,
classmates of Rick.
Alice and Debbie stand off to the side. Alice is clutching
Rick's oriental bandana tightly in one hand. Debbie is
sobbing softly. Alice is cold blue steel. She's wearing
Rick's dark sunglasses.
EXT. RICK'S GRAVE - DAY (DAYDREAM)
Begin Daydream. Rick hops out of his coffin with athletic
ease. He's dressed in his best suit. He looks very happy.
He strolls over to Alice, who takes off her sunglasses and
stares at him. No one else notices.
RICK
Great goof, huh? They think I'm dead. I
love it!
Alice starts to gently cry. Rick reaches out and wipes a
tear away.
RICK (cont'd)
Hey, you know I wouldn't leave you all
alone. This was just to fool Freddy.
I'm here.
Alice stares at him, longingly. Finally she shakes her head
'no'.
DAN (O.S.)
Alice...Alice?
The sound of Dan's VOICE BREAKS THE DAYDREAM. Alice blinks
twice before she realizes that Dan is really talking to her.
DAN (cont'd)
Are you okay?
ALICE
Not really.
DAN
Is there something we can do?
ALICE
I don't think so. I guess this is my own
war.
DEBBIE
No it isn't. We all gotta survive.
She pumps up.
DEBBIE (cont'd)
I don't spend hours working out to let
some damn nightstalker beat me.
ALICE
You don't really get it. He's not a
nightstalker. It'll take more than bench
presses to beat him.
DAN
Why can't we just talk to the
authorities?
ALICE
Yeah, right. Let's trade death by Freddy
for life in a rubber room. Adults won't
see it. They can't.
DAN
Then what else can we do?
ALICE
Try what other kids did. Keep each other
awake. We'll meet at Debbie's tonight.
At least if we don't sleep he can't get
us.
DAN
Who?
DEBBIE
I know just the guy.
Dan shrugs and leaves with her.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice hangs Rick's oriental bandana on the mirror, next to
Sheila's gadget. She places Debbie's studded bracelet on the
vanity table. Alice looks at herself in the mirror.
Something catches her eye.
She takes another picture off the mirror's surface. It's a
picture of her and Rick. She looks up, she can see more of
herself. She's quite beautiful now, and there's a surety and
strength in her eyes. She stares at her reflection.
She's brought Rick's nun-chucks up from the garage. She
begins to go through some moves with them. Slowly at first,
she builds to a blinding speed. She watches herself in the
mirror.
Alice GASPS and drops the sticks. She walks to the mirror,
and places a hand on it.
ALICE
(scared)
What's happening to me?
INT. DEN - NIGHT
Johnson is slumped in a chair watching a soundless TV. As
Alice ENTERS, dressed to leave, he rises to stop her.
JOHNSON
No, you're not leaving this house.
He stands in front of her, slightly menacing.
ALICE
Get out of my way you pathetic lush.
JOHNSON
Honey, I may be a drunk, but I want you
here. We're all we have...
Alice softens.
ALICE
Dad, please...
Johnson lapses into a drunken monologue.
JOHNSON
Nope, gonna watch you, didn't watch him,
lost him, won't lose you...you're stayin'
in...
Alice waits a moment, then reaches out and puts a hand on her
father's face. She holds it there a second.
JOHNSON (cont'd)
You're becoming beautiful, I never
noticed before...
Johnson clumsily backs up and pours another drink. Alice
heads back upstairs.
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT (STREET #2)
Dan waits for Alice, he's leaning up against a street lamp.
DAN
All the towns in America, I had to move
to the Bermuda triangle.
INT. DEBBIE'S ATTIC - NIGHT
The room has been outfitted to serve as her gym. It is
equipped with free weights, and a weight bench.
Debbie greets, dressed in sweats, yawns. Looks at her watch.
She looks tired.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice is seated on her bed, she's staring at her mirror. She
gets up and crosses to the window. She opens it and climbs
out.
EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Alice climbs out of the window and maneuvers down to the
street in a duplication of the moves we saw earlier from
Rick.
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
Alice reaches Dan's corner, he's gone. She looks around, no
one in sight. Frustrated, she walks off and turns a corner.
EXT. MOVIE THEATER - NIGHT
Alice turns the corner and in an abrupt, sudden change of
setting she finds herself in the middle of a run down, seedy
urban street.
It's empty, just blackened store fronts. Alice spies the
glowing marquee of a movie theater at the end of the street.
EXT. BOX OFFICE - NIGHT
Alice reaches the B.O. She takes a ticket from the attendant
and wanders in.
INT. BALCONY - NIGHT
Alice takes a seat in the fifth row. She has a box of
popcorn and a soda. There are other patrons scattered about
the balcony. We can't see their faces.
Alice settles in. She starts to watch the movie. She scoops
a mouthful of popcorn.
INT. ON THE MOVIE SCREEN - NIGHT (STOCK FOOTAGE OF REEFER
MADNESS)
Stoned patrons campily cavort and dance to the diner's
jukebox in a scene from REEFER MADNESS.
INT. MOVIE THEATER - BALCONY - NIGHT
Alice sips her drink, adjusts herself. Something about the
film is making her uncomfortable.
INT. ON THE MOVIE SCREEN - NIGHT
But it's not as we know it from earlier scenes. It's the
CRAVE-INN of the future. A beaten-down forgotten mutt of a
place. All peeling paint and flapping canvas awning.
We watch as the lights in the diner SWITCH ON and a wind
kicks up, blowing tumbleweeds and newspapers across the front
of the diner.
Suddenly, the front doors are blown off their hinges and wind
picks up. It whistles as the air becomes thick with dust and
debris.
INT. MOVIE THEATER - NIGHT
As the wind whips over Alice, her popcorn scatters like a
white rain. Her drink is pulled out of her hand by the
wind's force.
INT. ON THE MOVIE SCREEN - NIGHT
Now hurricanes speeds are pounding the diner, the wind
getting stronger and stronger as...
INT. MOVIE THEATER - BALCONY - NIGHT
Alice is standing, fighting the wind that's pulling her to
the edge of the balcony. She tries to grab her seat, clawing
fingers ripping into seatbacks, only to slip away.
Alice is lifted off her feet and sucked right over the
balcony by the wind.
She just manages to grab the balcony's edge and hold on, legs
swinging free, trying to crawl back up...
The wind beating her back.
ALICE
(screaming)
Noooooo!
suddenly, one of Alice's shoes is pulled right off her foot
and FLIES ACROSS THE AUDITORIUM into
INT. ON THE MOVIE SCREEN - NIGHT
As Alice's shoe hits the movie screen and PASSES THROUGH. We
see it roll across the floor of the diner.
INT. MOVIE THEATER - BALCONY - NIGHT
The wind is stronger still and Alice is struggling to
maintain her grip on the balcony.
The other patrons just sit in their seats, watching.
Alice manages to hoist herself up just a bit in order to see
the faces of the others in the theater.
They're all blank looking pasty-faced people with death-like
visages.
Alice SCREAMS as a gust of wind rips her from the balcony and
sends her FLYING ACROSS THE AUDITORIUM, passing through the
movie screen.
EXT. CRAVE INN - DAY
Alice tumbles into the shot, landing in front of the diner's
exterior. Wind and debris blow, boards fly off the structure
as she struggles to her face.
INT. CRAVE INN - DAY (DREAM)
ALICE'S POV OF
INT. MOVIE THEATRE - NIGHT
Alice makes her way into the diner. She looks back. The
movie screen is behind her and beyond it is the auditorium.
INT. CRAVE INN DINER - DAY (DREAM)
ALICE'S POV OF
INT. MOVIE THEATER - BALCONY - NIGHT
She sees her zombie-like theater PATRONS, their death-like
faces displaying emotionless vacuums as they clap.
INT. CRAVE INN DINER - DAY
Alice turns and looks around the diner. It's in just as bad
shape inside as it was out. It may be open for business, but
there are no customers to be seen. A single WAITRESS is
standing behind the barren counter.
Alice walks across to the counter, and settles onto a stool.
The waitress steps over, and slides a tattered menu in front
of her. Alice studies the woman for a moment. Something
about her is familiar. It makes the girl uneasy.
In her sixties, the waitress looks like she's worked every
day of her life. Her hair is streaked with gray, and there
are deep pockets under her eyes. She seems to be the kind of
person whose life has passed her completely by.
WAITRESS
What'll it be?
Alice doesn't answer.
WAITRESS (cont'd)
(impatiently)
C'mon, honey. I don't want to be here
forever.
Alice notes the waitress' name badge: ALICE
The waitress turns and heads down to the end of the counter.
As the woman walks away, Alice swivels on her stool to watch
her go.
Alice is startled to discover that another PATRON is now
sitting next to her. IT'S FREDDY.
FREDDY
If the food don't kill ya, the service
will, hahaha!
The waitress brings over a piping hot pizza. She places it
in front of Freddy.
INT. CRAVE INN DINER - DAY
ON THE PIZZA
It has large pepperonis, only they're not pepperonis, they're
faces. Screaming miniature faces. The faces of Kristen,
Sheila and Rick.
FREDDY
Ahhhh! The usual!
Alice reacts in horror to the death-pizza. The faces cry out
to her. Their voices are high and squeaky, as you'd expect
miniature voices to be. The effect would be comical if it
wasn't so torturous.
FACES
Free us, Alice! Free us!!
Freddy tears the Rick face off the pizza and pops it in his
mouth. Alice gets up to run but Freddy grabs her by the
throat.
FREDDY
I love SOUL FOOD! Bring me more!!
Alice tries not to, but a WHOOSH tells us that she's dragged
someone in. Alice looks back towards the movie theater.
It's gone. What we see is Debbie's attic.
INT. CRAVE INN DINER - DAY (DREAM)
ALICE'S POV
Debbie's attic. Debbie is dozing on her weight bench.
INT. CRAVE INN - DAY
Freddy CACKLES triumphantly. He turns to Alice.
FREDDY
Your shift is over.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
The sudden HONKING of a passing car HORN awakens Alice. She
sits for a moment in confusion before clearing her head.
She rushes out, using the window as before.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
Debbie opens her eyes. She rubs them tiredly then looks
around and reaches for the bar bell.
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
Dan's waiting with his truck on the corner. Alice comes
running up.
ALICE
C'mon, we have to hurry. I'm driving.
She hops into the driver's seat and starts it up. Dan has no
time to object. He hops in and they SCREECH off.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
Debbie's working up a real sweat, pressing a good sized bar
bell. Up and down, several repetitions. She's listening to
a portable stereo, which is plugged into the wall.
Her hands almost slip.
But Debbie catches herself and continues to press.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice is driving like a demon. Dan straps on the seatbelt.
ALICE
He's going after Debbie, I gotta stop
him.
DAN
Hey, you're not alone. We have to stop
him, I'm with you.
ALICE
You just feel sorry for me.
DAN
Cut that shit out. Maybe before, but not
now. I want to help you. I'm on your
side.
EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - NIGHT
The truck barrels down the street, shaking with the speed.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
DAN
As long as your driving doesn't kill us.
ALICE
It's okay, we're just about there.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
As Debbie extends the weights we can SEE FREDDY KRUEGER'S
REFLECTION in the steel barbells. Debbie brings the weights
down and up again and
Freddy is gone.
Debbie slips the barbell into the resting place so she can
catch her breath. She cracks her knuckles. Suddenly, we see
one of Freddy's claws out the stereo box.
Debbie reacts with puzzlement.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice turns a corner, heading for the house.
ALICE
Here we are.
EXT. DEBBIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
The truck is about to pull into Debbie's driveway. Before it
can, we SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
Alice and Dan are right back where they started from. Dan
waits by the truck, Alice runs up.
ALICE
C'mon, we have to hurry. I'm driving.
Dan hops in and they take off. They don't know they're
experiencing special Freddy-deja vu.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
Debbie CRACKS the knuckles on the other hand and goes to grab
the weight. AS she reaches up, FREDDY'S HANDS are already
there.
Freddy starts to force the bell down on Debbie's throat and
she begins to struggle against it.
DEBBIE
(straining)
I don't believe in you...
FREDDY
I believe in you...
Straining hard to keep the weight from crushing her...
Freddy laughs as he exerts more pressure and Debbie can only
close her eyes and SCREAM in pain as her ELBOWS SNAP in two.
Cracked in half, bone tearing through the flesh and muscle.
FREDDY (cont'd)
(laughing)
No pain, no gain!
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice is driving like a lunatic. All is as it was before.
ALICE
He's going after Debbie. I gotta stop
him.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
Debbie forces herself to her feet, broken arms hanging limp
at her side.
Insect like claws emerge out of the breaks in her arms. Her
human flesh flops to the floor. She ducks as Freddy heaves
the barbell into the mirrors in the attic.
He starts advancing on her, claws CLICKING.
Debbie looks up to Freddy with a pathetic
DEBBIE
Give me back my BODY!!!
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice turns a corner, heading for a house.
ALICE
Here we are...
EXT. DEBBIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Once again, as she's about to pull into Debbie's driveway, we
suddenly SMASH CUT TO
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
Once again, Dan waits by his truck, Alice runs up.
ALICE
C'mon, we have to hurry. I'm driving.
Dan hops in, as before. They SCREECH OFF.
INT. ATTIC - NIGHT
Debbie, now even more insect-like, runs toward a small door
at the other side of the attic.
INT. GROWING ATTIC - NIGHT
But the door SEEMS TO GROW LARGER AND LARGER the closer
Debbie gets to it!
As we see Debbie, she's tiny.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice drives like a lunatic.
ALICE
He's going after Debbie. I gotta stop
him.
DAN
You know, I get the weirdest feeling
we've been through this before.
Alice throws him a puzzled, confused look. It may be dawning
on them.
INT. ROACH MOTEL - NIGHT
The room is now a strange white space, flat and dull. Debbie
tries to make her way across but her feet start sticking to
the gooey floor.
Like the thickest glue.
Debbie struggles to free herself, but as she pulls, she falls
over, her face sticking to the goo. It RIPS her flesh to
reveal an insect face. A roach trapped.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
For the third time, Alice is turning the corner headed
towards Debbie's driveway.
ALICE
Here we are.
DAN
Something's wrong here. It feels like...
EXT. DEBBIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Alice is about to pull in, then BAM, SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
You guessed it. Dan waits as Alice comes running up.
ALICE AND DAN
(simultaneously)
C'mon, we have to hurry. I'm driving.
Alice stares at Dan.
ALICE
Oh God, I'm still asleep. He's got us
going in circles.
They hop in and take off.
INT. ROACH MOTEL -NIGHT
Debbie, now more roach than girl, sees another struggling
roach in the corner. Debbie painfully turns towards the
doorway and sees FREDDY'S HUGE EYE PEERING IN.
INT. ROACH MOTEL -NIGHT
Debbie SCREAMS at the huge FREDDY eye. Freddy stands,
laughing, a "roach motel" bug trap in his hand.
FREDDY
You can check in, but you can't check
out!
Freddy crushes the trap with a disgusting sound.
EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - NIGHT
Dan's pickup truck is racing along.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice is suddenly hit with a violent shock.
DAN
What the hell was that?
ALICE
(barely whisper)
Debbie. She's gone. I've...collected
her, like the others.
A sudden, blinding brightness hits the truck.
There are a pair of incredibly bright headlights coming
straight at them. The lights grow brighter still until they
are impossibly bright. They burn off to reveal.
EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
ALICE'S POV
Freddy standing defiantly in the middle of the road, laughing
maniacally at Dan's on-coming truck.
INT. DAN'S TRUCK - NIGHT
Alice SLAMS the gas to the floor, murder on her mind.
ALICE
Alright, asleep or awake, I'm gonna punch
his ticket in.
EXT. ROAD - NIGHT
In the dream, the truck bears down on Freddy, smoke drifts
off the tires.
We see Alice sneer as the truck passes right through Freddy
and SMASHES into a void, an invisible brick wall.
The truck's front end gets totaled. Bits of metal and glass
fly through the air as the truck crumples, as if it has hit
solid stone.
EXT. ROAD, REAL WORLD - NIGHT
Dan's truck is wrapped around a large tree. Axles and grill
work twisted out of place. A spurt of red smears the inside
windshield.
Alice manages to force open her door and just step out of the
truck...
ALICE
Oh Dan, I'm sorry. GOD, I'M SORRY!!!
INT. AMBULANCE - NIGHT
The doors swing open and two young PARAMEDICS lift Dan inside
on a stretcher. His leg has been bandaged with gauze, but
it's bleeding badly. His MOANING tells us he's conscious.
Alice climbs in and notices one of the paramedics filling the
hypo. He checks it for air bubbles.
ALICE
What's that do?
The paramedic turns toward Dan.
PARAMEDIC
Relaxes your boyfriend.
Alice jerks the paramedic's arm away.
ALICE
Put the needle down.
PARAMEDIC
(sarcastic)
Sorry doctor, rules is rules.
Alice smacks the hypo out of the paramedic's hands. It
SHATTERS against the wall of the ambulance.
ALICE
(pure Dirty Harry)
He stays awake, those are my rules,
understand?
The paramedic backs off a bit. He looks at Alice with
suspicion. Alice relents a bit.
ALICE (cont'd)
He's allergic, okay?
PARAMEDIC
Shoulda said so in the first place.
Alice leans in close to Dan, brushes his hair back with her
fingers.
ALICE
(whispers)
Don't let them put you to sleep.
INT. EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING AREA - NIGHT
An intern and a nurse are trying to put Dan to sleep, but
he's fighting them back. At least making it difficult.
Alice stands by watching as THE DOCTOR, JOHNSON and DAN'S
PARENTS run into the ER. Alice charges the doctor.
ALICE
When do you operate? When does he hit
surgery?
DOCTOR
From the looks of him, probably 15
minutes.
The doctor turns his attention to Dan, who's strapped to a
gurney. They start to wheel him away.
Alice checks her watch. It's a quarter to 10. She has 15
minutes before Dan is forced to sleep.
Alice starts after Dan, but Johnson grabs her by the arms and
holds her back.
JOHNSON
Let it be, Alice. They'll help him.
Johnson reaches in his pocket for his car keys.
ALICE
They're gonna kill him.
Alice snatches the keys from her father and runs for the
swinging EXIT doors.
JOHNSON
Alice, dammit, get back here.
EXT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT
Alice jumps in her father's car and cranks it over; burning
rubber to back out of the parking lot.
Alice drops the car in gear and takes off at top speed, but
she SIDESWIPES ANOTHER CAR which is parked next to her.
Sparks, metal against metal.
Alice BLASTS through the hospital lift-gate before SKIDDING
into traffic and screaming away into the darkness.
INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - NIGHT
Dan is being wheeled on a gurney. He's struggling to stay
awake.
EXT. INTERSECTION - NIGHT
Alice barrels through a light and fishtails around a corner.
INT. CAR - NIGHT
Alice grips the wheel. The speedometer is straining. She
looks at the dashboard clock.
ON THE CLOCK
Eight minutes to 10. She has eight minutes left to do
something.
INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT
A NURSE and an ORDERLY lift Dan onto the operating table.
The room is being quickly prepped; checking instruments.
Doctors scrubbing up.
Activity all around.
EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Alice SCREECHES to a halt in front of her house. She bursts
out of the car and runs into the house.
INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT
As the nurses lay out the instruments, Dan is still groggy.
The operating room clock tells us Alice has 5 minutes left.
INT. DEN - NIGHT
As Alice runs through, she passes a gun rack mounted on the
wall. She doubles back to it. She regards it.
ALICE
Couldn't hurt.
She opens it and grabs a mean looking mother of a pump-
shotgun and a box of shells.
INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT
We see the oxygen and anesthesia hoses put into place and the
gauges register pressure.
The ANESTHESIOLOGIST preps the mask for Dan's face. Dan
watches, protesting weakly.
DAN
I'll take the pain...no gas...no
gas...have to stay up.
He fades out.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice throws the gun and the shells on the bed. She opens a
bottle of sleeping pills and pops more than enough for a trip
on Freddy express.
She starts to load the gun, inserting each shell with vicious
precision. She cocks it.
ALICE
This ends. Now.
She walks over to the mirror on the vanity table. Her eyes
travel over the tokens she's collected form her friends.
She starts to power up. She takes Sheila's gadget, which
she's improved, and hangs it around her neck. She takes
Debbie's studded bracelet and SNAPS it around her wrist.
Lastly, she takes Rick's oriental bandana and ties it like
Amazonian around her forearm. She hoists the gun. She likes
her reflection in the mirror. Something's very different.
The pills are starting to take effect. Alice grabs her
forehead.
She looks back at the mirror. She's strong, confidant, ready
to accept her destiny.
With forceful determination, she tears the rest of the
pictures off her mirror. What she sees makes her GASP.
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
ON THE REFLECTION
It's Alice alright, but everything's turbo-charged. She's
leaner, meaner, her clothes are tighter, more battle-like.
Everything's accented. The gadget around her neck is now a
super high-tech amulet. The bracelet has spikes instead of
studs and seems to be made of shining titanium.
This is no high school girl. This is no dream warrior. This
is the dream master, ancient guardian of the gate of good
dreams. Alice speaks to her reflection.
ALICE
Now I lay me down to sleep.
The reflection speaks back.
ALICE'S REFLECTION
The master of dreams, my soul I'll keep.
ALICE
In the reflection of my mind's eye.
ALICE'S REFLECTION
Evil sees itself and it shall DIE!!!
ALICE
Fuckin' A.
Alice looks at the shotgun, which remains the same in the
reflection. Next to her supernatural image, it doesn't seem
an impressive weapon.
ALICE (cont'd)
Save it for Rambo.
She tosses the gun aside and notices the clock on her vanity
table. It's 15 seconds to ten.
INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT
Suddenly, Dan starts to choke
He opens his eyes and sees the doctor standing over him.
It's FREDDY in surgical greens, razor-fingers at the ready.
Dan pulls the mask from his face and cries out.
DAN
Freddy!!!
FREDDY
It ain't Dr. Seuss! Hahahaha!
DAN
No, Alice! Alice!!!
INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Alice HEARS Dan's distant cry.
DAN (O.S.)
Alice!!!
The reflection of the Alice as the dream master has been
replaced by the image of the operating room. Alice can see
Freddy menacing Dan.
ALICE
(screaming)
Get away from him you SONOFABITCH!!!
Alice goes diving headfirst into the mirror. It sucks her
in.
INT. OPERATION ROOM - NIGHT
Alice rolls onto the floor. She now has the image of the
DREAM MASTER from her mirror, complete with all the regalia.
She's one pissed superhero.
She looks around. Freddy's gone.
Alice helps Dan off the table, since we're in the dream, his
injury is healed. He gets an eyeful of Alice's spectacular
new appearance.
DAN
(astonished)
You look great!
ALICE
Save it for later. Come on!
Alice and Dan turn around and run for the doors. Just as
they get to them, Freddy throws them open from the other
side.
On instinct, Dan leaps in front of Alice to confront Freddy.
He grabs Dan's fist, holds his arms out and slashes Dan.
Once, twice, across the chest. Blood spurts but it's only
superficial damage.
Alice grabs the sharper of the the surgical instruments and
turns on Freddy.
ALICE (cont'd)
I'll mail your guts back to hell!!!
Alice starts to hurl the instruments at Freddy Kung Fu style,
with blurring speed and accuracy. Rick would be proud.
Alice nails Freddy once, a dozen times in the space of a few
seconds. Freddy doubles over, sharp instruments sticking out
of every part of him. Alice advances on him and delivers a
massive, sharp kick to Freddy's balls. Freddy makes a SOUND
that banshees would flee from.
Alice grabs Dan and the two plunge through the doors.
INT. KALEIDOSCOPE HALLWAY - NIGHT
Dan and Alice run into the hallway. But it's no hallway,
it's a huge, rotating cylinder. It looks like a hallway, but
it's spinning. Dan and Alice immediately become dizzy.
At the end of the hallway, there's a large, wall-to-wall
sheet of colorful lights. It gives the impression that Dan
and Alice are trapped within a huge kaleidoscope.
They careen down the hallway and go crashing through the
colorful lights, which turn out to be stained glass.
Dan and Alice CRASH through a stained glass window without
the gurney and land with such tremendous force that even
after hitting the floor they don't stop. They skid along the
floor, out of control.
Keeping Dan's hand in one hand, Alice reaches out and SLAMS
her spiked bracelet into the floor. The spikes dig in and
serve as her break. They SCREECH across the floor, smoke
rises from the grooves they make. Alice digs in deeper and
they manage to come to a stop in a pile of broken stained
glass.
They stand up, just as Freddy appears.
FREDDY
Welcome to wonderland, Alice! Hahahaha!
Dan leaps at Freddy. Freddy slashes him across the chest,
superficially, but there's plenty of blood.
ALICE
Nooo!!!
INT. OPERATING ROOM - NIGHT
The doctors are working on Dan. Suddenly, blood starts to
spurt wildly from his chest.
DOCTOR
Christ, he's hemorrhaging badly! Close
it off and bring him out of it! Hurry!
INT. CHURCH - NIGHT
Suddenly, the familiar VOICES of the Elm Street CHILDREN
begin to chant. They're standing in the choir box.
CHILDREN
One two, Freddy's coming for you. Three
four, better lock your door...
Alice rushes to Dan's side. He starts to flicker, like a BAD
TV, then he starts to fade.
DAN
No! Dammit, Alicceeeee.....
She reaches for him, but he's gone, his echo remains for a
moment.
INT. RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT
Dan's beginning to regain consciousness. The doctor stands
over him.
DOCTOR
Relax, son. It was rough, but we pulled
you out.
DAN
(urgent)
Put me back under. Please! Put me back!
DOCTOR
What the hell?? Just a while ago you
were screaming not to be put under.
DAN
Well I changed my mind!!!
INT. CHURCH - NIGHT
Alice crouches into a fighting position (a la Rick) as
Krueger advances, finger-blades flashing.
Alice leaps and delivers a perfect kick to Freddy's face,
knocking him back.
Alice lands on her feet as Freddy lunges for her!
Alice jumps over a church pew as Freddy slashes at the air!
Alice whirls and kicks Freddy again and again and again.
Just pounding him.
But Freddy laughs at the blows.
FREDDY
(contemptuous)
You think you got what it takes, I been
guarding my gate forever, hahaha!
Freddy grabs Alice by the ankle and whirls her around like a
rag doll and tosses her away.
Alice is thrown the length of the church and CRASHES into the
confessional booth; splintered wood and cracking bones.
Alice sinks heavy among the debris. She doesn't move.
Freddy advances on her. Going in for the kill. Just when
he's close enough, Alice springs up. She was playing possum.
She reaches out and PUNCHES a hole in the wall behind the
debris of the confessional. She pulls out several crackling
electric cables. She looks bizarre and powerful framed for a
moment in the blue light of the sparkling electricity.
She rips off the gadget from around her neck and aims it at
Freddy. Freddy LAUGHS at her and it.
Alice shoves on of the electric cables into the center of the
gadget. It HUMS and BUILDS and GLOWS until a LOUD,
incredibly powerful LASER BOLT shoots out of it and hits
Freddy square in the chest.
A stunned Freddy looks at his mid-section. Quite frankly,
it's missing. There's only a gaping, smoking hole through
which Alice can see the rest of the church.
Alice throws the smoking gadget and cable to the floor. She
has no time to savor her temporary victory however.
Freddy's playing fill in the blanks with himself. The
charred hole in his mid-section begins to fill in. In a
matter of seconds, he's whole again.
He laughs and starts to advance on Alice. Frustrated, she
grabs a huge cross which she handles easily, then charges
him.
Freddy raises the cross. On one pass, she tears open
Freddy's sweater, revealing the faces of the souls trapped
within Freddy. She gags at the sight.
Freddy seizes the moment and grabs the cross. He tosses it
away.
Freddy SMACKS Alice across the face. He grabs the back of
her head and throws her over him, across the church and into
the altar. He advances on her.
FREDDY (cont'd)
I am eternal...
Alice is looking pretty bloody. She tries to fend off Freddy
but he smashes her into the opposite wall. She crumples in
pain beneath the broken stained glass window she came in
through.
Freddy's coming for her. His tongue wiggling like a demented
Wile E. Coyote about to grab the Road Runner.
The kids in the choirs SING OUT.
CHILDREN
For in the reflection of my mind's eye...
The sun rises behind the window the children are standing in
front of. The light hits the wall and works it's way to
Alice and the floor. Freddy steps into it as he advances.
ALICE
(remembering)
Let evil see itself...
Alice looks down and sees a large piece of stained glass.
She sees her reflection in it, unbruised, pretty, the true
her. She scoops it up and holds it in front of Freddy.
The chorus of ghostly kids complete the rhyme with Alice.
ALICE AND KIDS
And it SHALL DIE!
Freddy's about to slice into Alice, he raises his arm.
Light hits Freddy off the glass, like a BLAST. He looks at
Alice and sees himself, reflected in the glass. He SCREAMS.
We PUSH IN on Freddy's SCREAMING reflection, right into his
mouth.
INT. FREDDY'S BODY - NIGHT
We ZOOM down into Freddy's innards which are made up of
struggling dead kids. The souls, all trapped and hanging
inside Freddy's body, start to break free as they SCREAM and
CRY.
INT. CHURCH - NIGHT
We travel through, then emerge out of FREDDY'S EYE. We PULL
BACK to reveal that Freddy's entire body is pulsing and
ripping from within.
ALICE
LET THEM OUT!!!!
The trapped souls begin TEARING THROUGH FREDDY'S BODY; flesh
and blood erupting in all directions.
Freddy's sweater stretches and rips apart. Freddy doubles
over as his HEAD BULGES. All the tiny bodies inside him
surge upwards. A tiny hand smashes through one eye.
Finally, Freddy's head EXPLODES and the freed souls pour out.
The force SHATTERS the glass in Alice's hands. She
straightens up and watches as the souls swoop around her
before ZOOMING out the broken window.
ALICE (cont'd)
You're dead...
All's quiet except for a steady wind that blows the shell of
Freddy Krueger and his hat down the church aisle.
And out the door. The double doors SLAM SHUT.
INT. CHURCH - NIGHT
Alice stands alone. She's no longer dressed like dream
master. Having fulfilled her mission, she's now just normal
Alice again, but retains the newfound beauty and confidence.
Alice stands frozen for a moment, then regards her quiet
surroundings.
ALICE
Rest in hell.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Dan and Alice are walking through the park, arms around each
other. From the look of their healing bruises, it's some
weeks later...
FADE TO BLACK.